Table 3.

Direct medical costs according to the type of anaemia treatment

Cost	‘Before’ group (6-month anaemia treatment with erythropoietin alpha or beta)	‘After’ group (6-month anaemia treatment with MPG-epoetin beta)
Medical time for ESA prescription	33.9 h	17.4 h
Cost of medical time for ESA prescription	€1424	€731
Nursing care time for ESA administration	39.4 h	5.5 h
Nursing care for ESA administration	€984	€138
Acquiring ESAs	€44,528	€38,058
ESA administration (AMI)	€13,054	€1134
Acquiring injectable iron	€4401	€3978
Injectable iron administration (AMI)	€2192	€2312
Total	€66,583	€46,351

AMI Acte Médico Infirmier (nursing procedure), ESA erythropoiesis-stimulating agent, MPG methoxy polyethylene glycol